Woodworking-machine.



No; 695,228. Patented Mar. 1902.

J. R. OAKLEY.

WOODWORKING MACHINE.

(Application filed July 12, 1901.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

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lhvrTEn STATEs PATENT EETcE.

JESSE R. OAKLEY, OF HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA.

WOODWORKING- h/TACHINE.

EPEGIEXGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,228, dated March11, 1902. Application filed July 12, 1901. Serial No. 67,989. (Nomodel?) To alt whom it may con/007v]..-

Be it known that I, JESSE R. OAKLEY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Homestead, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inlVoodworking Machinery, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inwoodworkingmachines, andrelates more particularly to planers and thelike.

The primary object of my invention is to provide means whereby thetimber may be secured to the table and held and guided thereby, thusdoing away with the necessity of the operator bringing his hands in tooclose relation with the cutters; and to this end it consists of astandard carrying an adjustable sleeve, which sleeve in turn carries acrosspiece, to which are secured arms. To these arms T ends arepreferably secured, which carry springs engaging the side and edge ofthe piece of timber operated on.

A further object of my invention is to enable one of the ends of thearms carried by the cross-piece to have an angular adjustment wherebythe piece of timber may be angularly disposed in order that a bevel maybe cut thereon; furthermore, aims to simplify the construction andtoincrease the efiiciency and durability of the device.

With the above and many other objects in view the invention consists inthe novel combination and arrangementof parts to be hereinafter morefully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail refer' ence is hadto theaccompanying drawings, formingapart of this specification, and whereinlike numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion ofa planerhaving my improved attachment secured thereto. Fig. 2 is an endview thereof. Fig.3 is a side elevation of the adjustable guard. Fig. 4.is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the standardupon which the cross-piece carrying the guides is mounted. Fig. 6 is afront elevation there- Tying one of the guides.

of. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the arm car- Fig. Sis a frontelevation thereof. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of one of the sleevesmounted upon the crosspiece. Fig. 10 is a front elevation thereof.

In these drawings the reference-numeral 1 indicates the table of theplaner, and extending transversely through said table is the plane orcutter.

The reference-numeral 2 indicates a head having an opening 3 formedtherein engaging the cross-piece 4L. Arranged to the side of said headis a set-screw 5, which serves to lock the head upon the cross-piece 4.This head 2 carries a dovetail 6, carrying an adjustable guide 7, whichis slidingly secured in said dovetail. This slide 7 likewise carries adovetail upper extension 8, in which is slidingly mounted aguide-section 9. This guide extends over the opening formed in the tablefor the plane or cutter and extends in close proximity to the timberthat is to be planed.

The above has been shown and described for the purpose of illustratingan additional means or safeguard for preventing the operators hands fromcomingiin contact with the cutters, though I do not claim such as partof my invention.

The reference-numeral 10 indicates a standard arranged to the side ofthe planer, said standard carrying a guideway 11 for the reception of abase 12, which is rigidly secured thereto and is secured to the bodyportion of the planer by means of nuts and bolts 14. Upon the standard10 is arranged a sleeve 15, carrying a set screw 16, which operatesagainst the side of thestandard. This sleeve 15 carries a casing 17,which extends transversely to the sleeve 15, but is formed integraltherewith. In this casing 17 is arranged aset-screw 18, and in thesleeve 17 is slid ingly secured a cross-piece 19. Upon this cross-piecesleeves 2O 21 are also slidingly mounted, said sleeves being similar inconstruction to the sleeve 15. In the sleeve is adjustably secured anarm 22, carrying a T end 23, upon thisT end being secured a spring 24L,having downwardly extending curved ends 25. In the sleeve 21 is alsosecured an arm 26, in which is formed a hinged connection 27, carrying aset-screw 28, the lower end of said arm 26 carrying a T-shaped ICO head29, upon the lower face of which is secured a spring 30, havingdownwardly-extending curved ends 31.

The operation of my improved machine is as follows: The sections 2, 7,and 9, forming the guard, are adjusted to cover the opening arranged inthe table of the machine for the planer or cutter, the arm 22 beingadjusted in a manner that will allow the spring to bear upon the upperedge of the timber, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, and the hingedarm is adjusted in a manner that will allow the ends of the spring 31 tobear at right angles against the face of the timber. This is also shownin Fig. 1. When it is desired to out the timber on a bevel, the machinemay be adjusted to the position as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings,which will be readily understood.

The many advantages obtained by the use of my improved attachment willbe readily apparent from the foregoing description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a woodworking-machine, a standard,

a sleeve, carried by the said standard, a cross-.

piece carried by the sleeve, arms carried by the cross-piece, T endscarried by the arms, and springs carried by said T ends, substantiallyas described.

2. In a woodworking-machine, a standard carried by a base, a sleevecarried by the standard, a cross-piece carried by the sleeve, armscarried by the cross-piece, T ends carrying springs on said arms, andmeans whereby one of said arms may have its T end angularly adjustable,substantially as described.

3. In a woodworking-machine, a standard carrying a cross piece, armsadjustably mounted on said cross-piece, means carried by the ends of thesaid arms for securing springs thereto, and means carried by one of saidarms whereby the end thereof may be angularly adjustable, substantiallyas described.

4. In a woodworking-machine, a base, a

standard carried thereby, a sleeve mounted on the standard, said sleevebeing adjustable, a cross-piece carried by the standard, saidcross-piece being adjustable, sleeves adjustably mounted on said cross-piece, arms mounted in said sleeves, T ends carried by the ends of saidarms, springs carried by the said T ends, and a hinged connection formedon one of said arms whereby the ends thereof may be angularlyadjustable,substantially as described.

5. In a woodworking-machine, astandard carrying a cross-piece, armscarried by said cross-piece and being vertically and horizontallyadjustable, springs, means carried by said arms for supporting saidsprings, one of said arms being hinged so as to permit angularadjustment of its end, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JESSE R. OAKLEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN NOLAND, E. E. POTTER.

